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Rain: low-lying areas inundated

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CUTTACK: Vast stretches of residential colonies located in low-laying areas of Cuttack city were water logged on Thursday when the city received downpour in the afternoon.

Hundreds of people in the city were seen moving out of their houses after the hour-long heavy showers to protest against the civic body’s failure to desilt drains.

The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) as usual was found shaky in its approach to clear the water-logging as the drains across the city have all been choked.

The problem has aggravated as the two rivers surrounding the city are in spate.

“We have pressed into operation at least 80 pumps at the crucial points to clear the water-logging but only 40 of them are working at present. Looking at the gigantic volume of work, pumps would not be enough to drain out water in next 24 hours,” said a municipal engineer.

People in low-laying areas of Gamhadia, Friends’ Colony, Pattapola, Suta Hat, Rausapatna, Badambadi labour colony, Mahanadi vihar, Gandarpur, Kalyan Nagar, the satellite township of CDA at Markatnagar, High court colony, Ganga Mandir, Buxi bazaar, Thoria Sahi were faced with untold miseries as rainwater entered into their houses.

Meanwhile, the district administration has asked municipal authorities to remain alert for the next 48 hours to remove the water-logging by pressing into operation more pumps.

District emergency officer when contacted said: “the situation is improving as rain has stopped in the evening.”

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